Chapter 4: Drei Lilien (1)

Staring

Deutschland1871 as Ross Huot

WaqueKoala 2.0 as Grace Johnson

n00bsl3yR as Dakota Moore

Golem2.76 as Josh Smith

Special Guests

Nintendo as Ash Ketchum

Nintendo as Delia Ketchum

Ross/Grace/Natalie

Natalie laid in her crib sound asleep. Ross and Grace peered over the crib, smiling at the infant. "You know Ross, have you considered taking full custody of Natalie?" Grace asked.

Ross thought for a moment before straightening himself up. "Well, not really. Besides don't you have to 18 to get that sort of thing?"

Grace followed Ross and stopped leaning over the crib. "Technically yes, however courts do have the authority to give 16 year old parents custody of infants. I heard that some lawmakers are even considering removing the limit all together."

"Oh, that's interesting. But I'm tired, we can talk about this in the morning." Ross rubbed his eyes and started walking out of the room before Grace stopped him.

"Aww I was hoping we could have some fun before bed?" Grace winked and blushed.

Ross immediately received what was she implying and blushed. "I'm not opposed to that." He smirked.

Grace rushed over to Ross and grabbed his hand. "Come on then! Natalie's room is hardly appropriate for that sort of thing." Then she pulled Ross out of the room.

Ross/Grace

Ross paced around the kitchen thinking about what Grace said last night. He ran his hand through his hair, a habit he recently picked up. "Maybe we should try to get custody of her." He picked up the landline and dialed the number for the nearest law firm. "Hello, is this the Adari Law Firm? Alright, can I schedule an appointment with whoever takes care of custody cases? Okay, I can be there." He scribbled the time on a piece of scrap paper and placed it on the refrigerator with a magnet.

"Hey Ross, whatcha doing?" Grace asked while entering the room in her pajamas.

"Well, I got us an appointment with the Adari law firm. They're going to see if they can take up our case." Ross explained while grabbing cereal from the cupboard. "Do you mind if you wake up Natalie for me?"

Grace nodded. "Sure."

Grace/Natalie

Grace entered Natalie's room and flipped the light on, however the light was dimmer and designed not to harm a baby's sensitive eyes. She walked over to the crib which held Natalie's resting body. Grace picked the baby up and cradled her in her arms. "Hey sweetheart, it's time to wake up."

Natalie stirred from her sleep and slowly opened her eyes. She looked up at Grace and smiled. She tried babbling and mumbles a few "mmm" sounds before quieting. "It's time for breakfast Natalie. You like breakfast don't you?" Grace asked. Natalie gurgled more.

The two entered the kitchen to see that Ross had already set two bowls of cereal on the table and a bowl of baby food in Natalie's highchair. Grace set Natalie in the chair and buckled her in before kissing her forehead. "There you go."

The little family enjoyed their breakfast in peace and tranquillity. Unfortunately, that wouldn't last long.

Delia/Ash

Ash walks into his house, after spending some time with his girlfriend. Ash sees his mom smoking a cigarette, which he knew that meant that his mom was in serious mode. "Hi mom." Ash greeted. The boy was afraid of his mother, and he didn't know how she was going to react today.

Delia turns and glares down at her son. "Where the fuck gave you been?" She asked with a serious tone in her voice. She gets up and flicks the cigarette at her son, which burns him in the forehead.

Ash screams from the burn, which caused a lot of pain to the boy. Delia didn't like the fact that her son was screaming and decided to slap him. "Quit being a pussy ass bitch! You're supposed to be taking that classmate of your's kid!"

"We didn't have school today…."

Delia didn't care about that. "I don't care! I want that child and I want it now!" Delia walks up to Ash and slaps him across the face, which leaves a red mark.

Ash starts to tear up, and his eyes turn red. The pain from his mother's slap was still hurting him. "I'm sorry mom." He apologized. He hoped that by apologizing it was going to make it better.

"Whatever!" Delia shouted. Her anger turned to rage and she stomped her foot on the ground, almost creating a crack in the ground. "Find out where he is or else!" She threatened.

Ash nodded his head and reached into his pocket to grab his phone. He was Snapchat friends with Ross, and there was a feature that allowed you to locate where a your Snapchat friend was at. He saw that Ross was at the Grocery Store nearby and knew where to go.

"I knew where Ross is at. I'll be right back." Ash turns around and walks out of the living room. The boy didn't really want to do this. But he was deathly afraid of his mom and couldn't tell her no.

Ross/Grace (Hello 12)

Ross and Grace where driving in Ross' car, on their way to school. But as they where in car, Grace wasn't feeling to well. At first she thought that it was motion sickness...but something was telling her that it was something else. "Ross….my stomach hurts." Grace puts her hand over her stomach as it was rumbling.

Ross wanted to make sure that everything was alright with her. He turned around and looked at her. "Are you sure you just don't have food poisoning?" He questioned.

"I'm-" She started. But she ends up pucking on the floor. Red and green liquid got all over the carpet off the car with little chunks of food everywhere. Grace burped afterwards, but Ross wasn't feeling so well after witnessing that.

"Yeah...I think we should take you home…" He replied. But also laughed, finding the entire situation to be funny.

Ross/Grace

Ross drove Grace home. It wasn't that far from the school, in fact he lived pretty close to the school. He carried her up to their bedroom and laid her on the bed. "Ross, I'm not feeling too well."

"It's okay." Ross said. "Audino will be here to take care of you, while I go to the store." He explained to the girl as he turned around and grabbed his car keys. He didn't want to leave the girl home alone, but he had to go to the store and pick some things up.

Grace completely ignored Ross as she was too busy worried about her stomach. Grace's face was starting to turn green as she felt like she was going to puke. "My stomach!"

Ross smiled. He kissed the girl on the cheek and wondered if she wanted anything before he left. "You want something before I go?" He asked.

"Get me some soup...and some crackers...oh and some Hot Fries." She listed. Ross tried to memorize everything that she said in his head. She was finished and Ross began walking towards the door.

"Is there anything else?"

"No."

Ross turns around. He got the memo and began walking away. He was thinking of not going, but had to because there was things that he needed to get.

Ross/Natalie/Ash

Ross pushed the cart deeper into the dark parking lot. Natalie sat in the cart and busied herself with her rattle. Ross was busy looking for his car.

Another teenager clad in all black snuck up behind him with a knife holstered in his boot and a club folded together in his pocket. Because Ross was wasn't paying attention he didn't hear the person behind him until he was right behind him. He turned around and was bashed over the head with a club.

Ross fell to the ground in pain. "What the hell?!" Blood started to seep from the massive gash on his head. But he was pissed. Pushing himself up, Ross raised his fists. "So, you want a fight huh?" Thankfully for him, Ross had plenty of experience with defending himself. Before Natalie was born, his mother taught him self defense in case he needed to defend himself, the House, or Natalie alone.

"Listen, I don't want to fight you, hand over the child and I'll let you go." The mysterious teenager requested. Ross took a good look at the person and noted the knife in his boot.

"Fat chance asshole, you trying to take my sister? That's a good joke. She is the most important thing in my life and I'll be damned if anyone hurts her." Ross shouted. He swung at the teenager and smashed his fist into the teenager's face. The mysterious teenager's hood flew off as he stumbled backwards revealing his face. "Ketchum?"

Ash recovered himself. "Listen Ross, this doesn't have to end in a fight. I don't want to hurt you."

"Nice try, but I'm keeping my promise to my mom and my sister. I'm going to keep her safe. No matter the cost." Ross swung again, but Ash was ready. Using his club, Ash blocked Ross's strike and pulled out his knife. Ross immediately backed up.

"Using a knife? That's cowardly Ketchum. I always knew you were a little bitch." Ross mocked.

Ash wasn't pleased by the insult and slashed Ross across the face and stabbed the knife into his thigh. It didn't hit anything important, but it was enough for Ross to fall to one knee which gave Ash ample time to grab Natalie.

Through blurry vision Ross was able to make out Ash pulling Natalie from the cart. Tears welled up in his eyes as he saw Ash ran off with his sister.

However, the slash across the face, the wound to his head, and the stabbing to his thigh was to much for Ross and he passed out.

Josh/Dakota

In the past few days, Josh and Dakota had become fast friends. It made sense since they had both lost their closest friends. The two were in the same parking lot talking amicably. "So, are you going to go to the dance tomorrow?" Dakota asked.

Josh was carrying a bag full of groceries. He replied quickly. "No, I don't have anyone to go with. There really isn't a point."

She gave what Josh said some thought. "Well maybe we could go together as friends? Grace and I used to go to dances like these when we were friends all the time."

Josh nodded. "Sure that sounds fine." He said before seeing someone on the ground. "What's that?" Josh rushed over to the body.

Dakota ran after him and crouched next to him. "Is he alive?" Josh checked the pulse and nodded. The person stirred and awoke, revealing his face. "Ross?"

Ross

Ross fell in and out of consciousness before Josh and Dakota arrived. He was to dazed to think straight and had a massive bruise on his head. "Ross?" Hearing Dakota made him finally compose himself enough to speak.

"What, where am I?" He asked before groaned and touching his face. He pulled his hand back and gagged when he saw the blood. He had lost a lot of blood and was having trouble staying conscious.

"Ross we're going to get you help don't worry!" Josh pulled out his phone and called 911. "Hello, my friend… ex-friend is hurt and we need an ambulance as fast as possible!"

Dakota looked around trying to look for anything that could help Ross before she noticed Natalie's rattle on the ground, but Natalie was missing. "Where's Natalie?"

In the distance sirens wailed as the ambulance drew closer.

Delia/Ash

Delia was worried as Natalie continued to cry. Delia felt like she was hearing police sirens everywhere and began to get worried, thinking that they where coming from her. Natalie crying wasn't making anything worse so she grabbed some duct tape and puts some over Natalie's mouth. "Shut up!" She shouted.

Natalie was screaming for help but since she had the tape over her mouth it came off as a mumble.

Ash walked into the house and was surprised to see Natalie bring tied up with tape over her mouth. "Mom, what are you doing?" He asked in shock.

"I had to tie Natalie up because I heard sirens." She explained in full detail. Her paranoia was getting the best of her so she grabbed Natalie and decided that it would be best to put her somewhere else. She was trying to think of something that Ash could do. "Why don't you go the dance. That way we can create a distraction." she explained.

Ash sighed. His mother was starting to stress him out. "Mom...I don't know…." He started but he saw his mother glaring at him, which scared him into doing it. "Okay, okay…" Ash turns around and walks away. He was getting ready to do something that he really didn't want to do.

Ross/Dakota/Josh/Grace

Ross awoke in the hospital. He tried to move his head, but a sharp pain shoot through his head. He tried looking around, but his left eye was pitch black. "What? Where am I?"

Grace's eyes lit up when he awoke. She had been at his side since Dakota called her from the hospital. "Ross?"

"What happened? Where am I?" He asked.

"You're in the hospital. You were attacked by someone. Don't worry, everything is fine. You're safe now." Grace whispered to try to comfort him.

"Who are you?"

Those very words shook Grace to the core. "What do you mean Ross? I'm Grace. Your girlfriend."

Ross shook his head. "No, that doesn't make sense. I have to take care of Natalie. Girls just get in the way." It seems as if the last few months hadn't happened to Ross. He had taken to hard of a blow and his brain was damaged.

"What do you mean? Have you forgotten the last month? I've helped with Natalie." Her eyes started welling up with tears. "I love Natalie as much as you do."

Ross was taken back. "What? I'm so confused. What month is it?"

"October 30th. You were attacked and incapacitated." Grace explained.

Ross plopped his head back onto the pillow. "So, I went through the entire month of October and September and now I don't even remember any of it? God, this is so confusing. What happened in the last few months?"

Dakota took this opportunity to speak. "Well, I convinced Grace here to confess to you. But I suppose that's a bit useless now."

Grace glared at Dakota. "Then you broke into our house!"

Dakota glared back. "And saved your boyfriend from death!"

Josh rolled his eyes. "Girls, let's calm down here. Ross needs to rest and I'm sure your shouting isn't helping."

"Where's Natalie?" Ross asked. He hadn't seen the little girl at all, just the three teenagers.

Dakota sighed. "Well, we don't know. We think she's been kidnapped, but we don't know who. We hoped you could give us some info but seeing as you've forgotten everything, we are in a bit of a pickle. Do you remember anything?"

Ross sat in deep thought for a few minutes. He fidgeted with his hands and with the bandages around his head. "Umm. Well I do remember one thing. He was wearing all black, he had brown eyes and little marks under his eyes. Like squiggles."

Josh and Dakota looked at each other. "Ash Ketchum…". Grace whispered.

Ross nodded and fell back into the clutches of unconsciousness. Grace was still worried about him, but she needed to check something. "Dakota, Josh? Can you watch him for me. I need to check something quick. They nodded and Grace left the room in a hurry.

Grace

Grace walked across the hospital to the hospital's pharmacy. She kind of embarrassed, knowing what she was going to buy. She grabbed the pregnancy tests from the shelf and went to the front counter. The young boy at the counter just scanned the object and handed it back to her while she handed him the money. The teenager just nodded and resumed reading his magazines.

Grace rushed to the closest bathroom she could find and performed the test. She anxiously awaited the results.

She didn't have to wait long, but she got the most shocking result. Two red lines. Grace was pregnant. But who was the father?

She quickly composed herself and threw away the test and the box. She rushed back to Ross's room while sweating anxiously. When she returned Josh and Dakota looked at her oddly, but assumed nothing. "We should try to get some sleep. It'll do us all well." Josh suggested. Grace just nodded and crouched down at Ross's beside. The other two fell asleep in separate chairs at the back of the room.

Grace/Ash

The next night had came and the Halloween dance was in full swing. The music was getting louder. The song that they we're playing was "God's Plan" by Drake and everyone was wearing Halloween costumes, dancing and having a good time. The Halloween dance was planned by student council president Anderson Myan.

With Ross still in hospital with amnesia, Grace, Josh and Dakota rushed into the dance, trying to find Ash and his friends. They see Ash standing next to his friends. "Ash!" Josh pointed. They rushed towards the boy

Grace pushes Ash out of anger, because he took Natalie. "Where is Natalie at?!" She shouted.

Ash tried to pretend that he had no idea what she was talking about, while Red got super defensive and stepped in front of Ash. "What are you talking about?" Ash lied. He knew damn well that the girl was talking about because he was the one who took her.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about!" Grace shouted.

Red was pissed that the girl was trying to step up to his boy. Red was like Ash's bodyguard and would do whatever it takes to protect his friend whenever he was in need. "Hey leave my boy alone. "If he says he didn't do it, well he didn't do it! Who the hell is this Natalie anyway?"

Ash could feel the tension going on in the room and knew that this was his que to leave. "I'm going to go." Ash rushed off which made Josh and his friends very suspicious.

Dakota moves closer to Josh's ear so she could whisper in his ear. "I think we should go."

"You read my mind." He replied. Josh, Grace and Dakota turn around and begin following Ash so they could see what he was up to. They weren't buying anything that he was saying, so they wanted to go and find out what was going on for themselves.

Delia/Natalie

Delia browsed the dark web trying to find a site which would allow her to sell Natalie. Eventually she found one. She quickly got in contact with one of the "collectors" and established a price.

A man in a suit with a suitcase knocked on her door. "Hello, are you Delia?"

"Yes, yes come with me. I assume you're the collector?" She nodded.

She led him to her basement which held the baby. Natalie laid in the corner under a wooden beam. She had cried herself to sleep and didn't look to well. The man wrote some things on a clipboard and handed the suitcase to Delia while grabbing Natalie and putting her in a box. He duct taped the box shut and poked plenty of holes in the top with a pencil. "That is it. Thank you for your cooperation." The man swiftly left after and drove of into the night.

Grace/Josh/Dakota

Grace, Dakota, and Josh followed Ash's car back to his house, but from afar. When Ash stopped in front of his house they made their move. Using the bushes as cover the three got together. "Okay, so here's the plan. I'm going to sneak into the basement. Dakota and Josh, I need you to confront Delia. Incapacitate them if you need to. We're bringing our girl home alive." Grace whispered. Josh and Dakota nodded and emerged from the bushes and walked to the front door. Grace crouch walked over to the basement windows.

Josh and Dakota looked over to Grace who nodded. Josh knocked on the door and waited.

Delia answered the door with a fake smile. "Hello, you two. Would you like some candy?"

Dakota narrowed her eyes. "No, we're not here for that." In one swift move, she sprayed Delia in the face with pepper spray. Delia screamed and fell to the ground. The two walked over her body and entered the home. Ash who sat on the couch rushed over to his mom.

"Where is Natalie!" Josh shouted. Ash backed away from Josh and pressed himself against the wall. "Well?!" He grabbed the young boy by his collar and held him against the wall while Dakota searched the house.

Suddenly, the sound of a gunshot erupted throughout the house and Josh froze. Dakota and Grace heard the sound and rushed into the front room.

Delia held a revolver in her hand which was smoking. "Get your filthy hands of my son." Josh fell to the ground. The bullet had pierced his back and embed itself into his chest.

"JOSH!" Dakota and Grace shouted.